Railway-rail brace.



PATENTED JULY 18, 1905.

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RAILWAY RAIL BRAGE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. 1905.

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RAILWAY RAIL BRAGE.

APPLICATION IILED P33 4. 1905.

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WW R GRAHAM cm WASIHNW DJ No. 795,010. Iatented July 18, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

HIRAM H. SP ONENBURG, OF VVADSWORTH, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO EDVVARD LAAS, OF OTTUMW A, IOIVA.

RAILWAY-RAIL BRACE- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. r95,010, dated July 18, 1905. Application filed. February 4, 1905. Serial No. 24 L089.

To all. whom, it may concern.- Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. This permits 5 Be it known that I, HIRAM H. SPONENBURG, the usual and well-known claw-bar to be readof I/Vadsworth, in the county of Lake, in the ily inserted under the heads of the spikes for State of Illinois, have invented new and useful the purpose stated. The bottom face of said Improvements in Railway-Rail Braces, of base-plate is formed with a series of ribs Lb',

which the following, taken in connection with which are preferably wedge-shaped in cross- 55 the accompanying drawings,is a full,clear, and section and disposed in pairs extending lengthexact description. wise of the plate and at the opposite edges of The object of this invention is to provide the apertures Z) 7). WV hen the said spikes 0 0 10 simple, convenient, and efficientmeans for susare driven firmly into the cross-tie, said. ribs taininga railway-rail securely in proper alinebecome embedded in the cross-tie and assist 6o ment with the track and in perfect gage where the spikes in retaining the base-plate in its said rail is required to be raised from the crossposition, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of tie or its foundation, such condition occurring the drawings. Said base-plate is formed at I 5 in winter when the tie is frozen to its bed and its inner end with a post I), consisting of a when a portion of the track has to be raised plate facing the rail A and placed in position 65 and alined as aforesaid; and to that end the to either abut against the flange (l of the rail, invention consists, essentially, of a rail-brace as more clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawcomprising a rigid base and avertically-movings, or to stand a short distance from the able breast abutting against the sides of the rail rail. A web (2, extending from the base to the and sustained on said base. post, serves to brace said post so as to enable 7 The invention also consists in certain novel it to more effectually resist the side pressure details of construction, as hereinafter fully deof the rail. 7 scribed, and set forth in the claims. E denotes a breast which is shaped to abut In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is against the stem of the rail A and bear on a side view of my improved brace applied to top of the rail-flange and preferably also on a rail and cross-tie. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the under side of the head of the rail. Said the same. Fig. 3 is a detached inverted plan breast projects from a back plate F, which is view of the brace. Fig. i is a detail plan view provided with suitable guides by which it is 30 of the base of the brace, and Fig. 5 is a detail sustained vertically movable on the aforesaid plan view of the rail-abutting breast. post D, which guides are preferably of the Similar letters of reference indicate correform of vertically-grooved liangesff, embracsponding parts. ing the edges of the post, as shown in Figs.

A denotes the well-known T-rail, which is 2 and 5 of the drawings. The breast E is 35 secured to the cross-tie B by means of the thus enabled to adjust itself to any vertical usual spikes (b a. disturbance of the rail from its underlying C represents the base of the rail-brace, cross-tie or sleeper. Said adjustability of the which consists of a cast-metal plate preferably breast is especially important during the winelongated and disposed flatwise and lengthter, when the track is heaved by frost in the 4 wise upon the cross-tie B. This base-plate is road-bed, and portions of the rail are raised provided witha series of square aperturesbb from the cross-ties and require shims r/ to for the reception of spikes 0 c, by which the be inserted between the bottom of the rail same is rigidly secured to said cross-tie. In and.underlying cross-tie, as shown in Fig. 1 order to permit these latter spikes to be easily of the drawings. It will be observed that 45 withdrawn when required, I form the top face in the said operation the breastE is maintained of the base-plate C with lugs a a, disposed in contact with the rail and supported by the transverse of the plate and at opposite edges rigid post I) of the base-plate C, which is seof the apertures b 6, upon which lugs the curely fastened to the cross-tie. heads of the spikes bear, as clearly shown in WV hat I claim isbase supported on the cross-tie and provided with a post, and a vertically-movable breast sustained on said post and abutting against the side of the rail. as set forth.

4. A railway-rail brace comprising a base rigidly fastened to the cross-tie and abutting against the rail-flange, a post rigidly sustained by said base, and a breast sustained vertically movable on said post and abutting against the stem of the rail, as set forth.

5. A railway-rail brace comprising a rigid base, and a vertically-movable breast projecting from a back plate sustained on the base, as set forth.

6. A railway-rail brace comprising a base rigidly fastened to the cross-tie and provided with a rigid post, and a breast provided with guides by which it is sustained vertically movable on said post and abutting against the side of the rail, as set forth.

7 A railway-rail brace comprising a baseplate fastened to the cross-tie and provided with projections on its bottom face embedded in the cross-tie, a rigid post on said base-plate, and a breast supported vertically movable on said post and abutting against the side of the rail, as set forth.

8. A railway-rail brace supported on the cross-tie and abutting against the side of the rail and comprising a base-plate provided with spike-receiving apertures and formed on its upper face with lugs disposed at opposite edges of the apertures upon which the heads of the spikes bear, for the purpose set forth.

9. A railway-rail brace supported on the cross-tie and abutting against the side of the rail and comprising a base-plate provided with spike-receiving apertures and formed on its upper face with lugs disposed at opposite edges of the apertures and formed on its bottom face with ribs wedge-shaped in cross-section and embedded in the cross-tie, as set forth.

HIRAM H. SPONENBURG. [1. s] Witnesses:

THEo. H. DURST, FRED A. DURST. 

